Curtain-rod.



C. W. KIRSCH.

CURTAIN ROD.

APPLICATION FILED -NOV. 27. 1914.

UHARLES W. KIRSCH, OF STURGTS, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN-R010.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June so, rare.

Application filed November 2?, 1914. Serial No. 874,221.

To aZZ whom it may concern."

Be it known that T, CHARLES W. Kinscii, citizen of the United States, residing at Sturgis, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtainiltods; and T do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to provide an improvedcurtain rod and supporting brackets therefor.

The invention resides in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed.

Tn the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention: Figure -1 is a detail perspective view of a curtain rod and brackets therefor embodying my invention. Fig. -2 is a detail perspective view of a bracket embodying my .invention. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail perspective view of one end of a curtain rod constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. -4 is a detail View in end elevation of a curtain rod and a bracket or hanger therefor embodying'my invention, the latter being shown as mounted upon a window casing, or the like. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail of a curtain rod embodying my invention, showing one end portion thereof in elevation which is adapted to be engaged with the bracket. Fig. 6 is a perspectix e view of a curtain and drapery rod and hangers or brackets therefor embodying my invention. Fig. -7 is a detail perspective view of the hanger or bracket adapted to support a plurality of curtain and drapery rods.

The particular object of the present invention is to provide a curtain rod and hanger therefor which are very simple and efficient and very easily hung, that is to say, one object of the invention is to provide a bracket or hanger for curtain rods which is very easily mounted upon a window casing or the like, and a further object of the invention is to provide a curtain rod which is very easily engaged and disengaged from its hangers or brackets.

To this end the curtain rod A, which consists of a strip of sheet metal having opposed U-shaped edge flanges B, is provided at the forms one wall.

which is provided in its middle portion with a flange H which carries the said projections D. The said flange H preferably constitutes a tongue out from the body of the said plate E and which, when bent to extend perpendicularly to said plate E, leaves an opening I in the latter. The said flange is further cut away on its upperedge to provide a recess J of which said projection D The said recess J has parallel vertical walls and is of a width substantially equal to the length of that portion of each of the U-shaped flanges B of the rod it. lying between one end of said rod and the contiguous end of the adjacent opening C, said portion of said rod beingindicated at K. The width of each of said rods A between the bottoms of the opposed flanges B is substantially equal to the distance between the lower end of the flange H and the bottom of the recess J at the upper end of said flange. Each of said rods A consists of at least two parts, as shown in Fig. 1, which engage telescopically in each other to form a single extensible or adjustable rod. Each ofsaid partsterminates in a projection extending at substantially right angles to the body thereof and in said last-named end portion the said openings C are provided. In order to engage the said projections D in the openings C it isnecessary to first turn the rod A so that the end portions thereof depend downwardly and said end portions are then inserted over said projections D, that is, so that one part K, at either end of the completed rod, becomes disposed in the recess J of one of the hangers. By then turning said rod A on the portion K as a pivot the projection D will enter the openings C and the body of the flange H will become disposed within the U-shaped flange B at the end of the rod A. The rod is now incapable of being disengaged from the hanger except by a pivotal motion imparted thereto in the opposite direction from that by means of which it was engaged, followed by an upward movement, as an upward movement only of the end portions of the rod will be resisted by contact of the lower portion K at either end of the rod with the lower end of the flange H and by the innermost edge of the pro ection D engaging the inner edge of the portion K of the upper flange B and which borders the upper opening C.

The lower end of the flange H of the wall plate or bracket L is received between the lower flange B and the web of the rod. It is thus positioned in the path ofthe said lower flange B, and will resist a pivotal movement of the end portions of the rod relatively to the brackets on the upper flange B as a fulcrum in a direction parallel with the face of the wall plate L. This is important to prevent an accidental permanent distortion of the rod by an undue strain thereon such as would be produced by a child hanging on the curtains or draperies suspended from the rod, and this contributes considerably to the strength and durability of the structure. This is also advantageous in mounting the rods on the brackets or wall plates after the latter have been mounted on the window casing, or the like, in that it enables one end of'the rod to be engaged with the flange H of one of said wall plates and to be supported thereby until the ladder or .other support used by the operator, can be shifted to enable the other end of the rod to be manually engaged with its support. In this way the respective ends of the rods may be separately engaged with the respective supports therefor, as will be.ap

parent. This is of considerable advantage especially in the case of the rods of unusual length. I V

The said hanger or bracket may be made as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 in which each of the plates L is provided with two of said flanges H disposed parallel with each other. One of said flanges is adapted to be engaged by the rod M corresponding in shape and construction with the rod A, illustrated in Fig. 1, and the other of said flanges being adapted to be engaged by one end of an auxiliary or over-drape-curtain rod N which is supported at one end by said flange H and is provided at its other end with a hook O which receives the rod M and rests upon the latter, thus supporting the other end of said rod N.

It will be obvious, of course, that the con struction shown in Figs. 1- and 6 and 7 is identical except that in the latter the number of said flanges H is doubled and it will be further obvious that a greater number of said flanges H may be provided in each plate to accommodate any desired number of curtain rods at the same elevation without departing from the invention.

'1 claim as my invention:

1. A curtain-rod comprising a flat strip of metal provided with opposed overhanging edge-flanges, each of the latter being provided with a perforation contiguous to each end of the strip, wall plates for supporting said strip each equipped with a projecting hook-member adapted to enter a perforation in the upper flange of the strip, the ends of the strip adapted to bear upon the wall plates below said projections for maintaining the face of the strip vertically disposed, said rod adapted to be suspended from said hooks by either of its edge flanges.

2. A curtain fixture comprising a hollow rod open at its ends and having an opening in a wall thereof contiguous to each end thereof, and hangers for said rod each comprising a member adapted to be mounted on a window casing or the like and equipped with means adapted to project into an open I end of said rod, said pro ecting means including a part adapted to engage in the opening contiguous to the end of the rod for supporting the latter and a part disposed in close proximity to and in the path of the wall of the rod opposing the said opening for preventing upward movement of the end of the rod in which said projecting means engage.

3. A curtain fixture comprising in combination, a pair of hangers adapted to be mounted on a wall or the like, and each equipped with a hook, a curtain rod equipped in its uppermost edge portion contiguous to each end thereof with an opening in which the said hooks are adapted to engage to suspend said rod from said hooks, said rod and said hangers being provided with interengaging formations adapted to prevent an appreciable upward movement of said rod relatively to said hangers when engaged with said hooks, whereby an accidental disengagement from the latter is prevented.

4. A curtain fixture comprising in combination a substantially U-shaped flat strip of metal having overturned opposed side edge flanges provided contiguous to the ends of said strip with perforations, wall plates for supporting said strip each provided with an outwardly extending hook member adapted to engage in the perforations of the upper flanges of said strip and each having a projection extending into the open ends of the strip and between the edge of the lower flange and the opposed web of the strip.

5. A curtain hanger comprising in combination a pair of wall-plates each equipped with means for engaging a rod therewith, and a channeled rod having overturned side edge flanges presenting opposed parallel edges, the end portions of said rod extending substantially perpendicularly to the middle portion thereof, there being perforations in said flanges contiguous to the ends of the rod adapted to receive said means on said Wall-plates, the rod being adapted to be suspended from its upper flange and the edge-portions below the points of suspension adapted to bear upon the Wall plates for maintaining the end portions of the rod horizontally disposed, said means on said Wall plates includin parts adapted to engage in the channel of the lower flange of the rod for preventing 10 pivotal movement of the end portions of the rod in a plane parallel with the faces of the Wall-plates.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing WitnesseS.

oHARLEs W. mason.

Witnesses:

ANSEL R. FERRIS, ERNEST A. FRoH. 

